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Chapter 1

Chapter 1

General Matters

1.18  Instruction—Addition to Final Charge for Multilingual Jurors

In this case you have received [testimony/evidence] with the assistance of a court-appointed interpreter. The evidence you are to consider is only that provided through the interpreter. Although some of you may know [language used], it is important that all jurors consider the same evidence. Therefore, you must base your decision on the evidence presented in the English translation. You must disregard any different meaning. Although you must defer to the interpreter’s translation, it is up to you to judge the believability of the evidence and what weight to give it, just as you would for any evidence in the case.